“...so we’ll have these here and...”
“No no no, she’ll need room for her wings...”
“Okay, we’ll move them back a bit”
“But that’ll be where her bags are”
“Okay, we’ll take out the bags and give her a few more pockets...”
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“Mine and Twilight's can be metal because we are unicorns but the others will have to be something softer”
“I know, I know. They can have soft Kevlar instead”
“Make sure they’re large enough. They may need the space. Especially Fluttershy”
“Right got it”
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“Bands around her Fetlock to make it easier to access her equipment”
“Of course. She’ll need to be able to act quick”
“She wont be able to have much around it. She should have spares in her saddle bags”
“Good point. Go get some more”
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“Pass me my power driver”
“This one?”
“No, the one next to it”
“Got it”
“Alright, now hold this for me”
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“Alright, Try it now!”
“Nope. Still getting spikes on these readings”
“Alright, bring it down by Twenty percent and re-run the test”
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“Alright. Bring systems online. I need to calibrate them properly”
“How do I do that?”
“Use your wrist computer. Activate full systems and bring up the settings”

We worked for almost two days straight but eventually we finished the suits for all of us. Fully operational, protective battle suits adapted to match each one of us personally. My suit was finished. It was fully functional now and running properly. I had modded my computer a little so I can now see the health vitals of the ponies while they were in their suits. All our suits had built in life support meaning that the suit could interface with our bodies and provide minimal healing: It could inject adrenaline and other stimulants straight into out body and it could heal minor flesh wounds. Our suits were mostly sealed so we could enter a vacuum or a deadly cloud of poison without being effected. Each of our suits did have a few differences though; mine being very different since I was human.

Rainbow’s and Fluttershy’s suits were built with hatches in the side by their wings to allow them to use their wings in battle but could also bring their wings in if they ever needed to seal their suits from toxic gases, radiation or a vacuum. Rarity’s and Twilight's horns had a similar feature for their horns but instead of puling their horns in (because they can’t) the steel armour can “wrap and unwrap” their horns, allowing them to use their magic in battle but still be protected from gasses or a vacuum. Pinkie and Applejack didn’t have a feature like this since they were earth ponies and didn’t need one. They were just sealed in full time. As for their tails, they just had the armour shape round them so the armour looked like it had a tail itself. Everyone’s armour was colour codded to match themselves; Rarity’s was white with a purple tail, Rainbow’s was blue with a Rainbow tail and so on. The armour also had their Cutie marks painted on the side, as requested by Twilight.

Twilight and Rarity had large build-in assault rifle holsters in the left side of their armour to hold their weapons and a built-in metal saddle bag to the right side. They would use their magic to fire their weapons as it would be more accurate. They would also use their magic to reload and pretty much use their magic for everything. I did train them to use their hooves since we might end up having to seal our suits and they would be unable to use their magic. The powered armour disrupts any magic going through it and makes magic usage very difficult. Magic through the suit would require to much focus, which isn’t good for fast paced fighting.

Instead of saddle bags, Rainbow had a weapon saddle. Each side of her she had a large caliber, fast firing machine gun. It could be controlled by either biting down on a pad in her helmet or by her wrist computer. The weapon was supported by her entire body as it was attached to the saddle on her back. This weapon was very accurate and very powerful. It would be very effective against the enemy, especially if Rainbow Dash was flying around with it. The only down side was that Twilight or Rarity would need to use their magic to reload it. I could also use my hands but that would mean both me and Rainbow would need to stop moving to do it. Each clip had five hundred rounds and Rainbow would carry four spare clips with her for two reloads on each gun. It was quite heavy, even for the powered suit but she could still fly comfortable with the extra weight. Rainbow still had her Famas though in case she ran out of ammo or the saddle got damaged.

Applejack had a Metallic Lasso as her special weapon. It was very high-tech. It would extend and retract the length of itself depending on the distance it was thrown, reaching up to twenty five metres. It was powered so it could crush what ever it lassod by shrinking the diameter of the loop and it could also release an EMP into any object the Lasso touched, the holding end excluded so Applejack wouldn’t be effected. It was all controlled by a sensor based on Applejack’s pulling and biting technique. The sensor was a bitch to calibrate to such an obscure way of controlling the Lasso. Applejack also had a Famas like Rainbow as her main weapon.

Pinkie Pie had a specially made shotgun and she could use it with two different ammo types, buck and explosive. Both her shotgun and Rainbow’s and Applejack’s Famas were magazine based in terms of ammo. With their mouths locked in their helmets they would be unable to use them to reload. So I made their armour’s hooves magnetised so the clips would stick to them magnetically. This was actually more convenient than reloading with their mouth because they could now just simply reach for their ammo rather than having to awkwardly twist their head round.

Fluttershy remained un-armed as she refused to kill but her armour was still capable of firing weapons, just in case she changed her mind in the field. Her armour was built more for medical usage. She had larger saddle bags to store lots of medical equipment and supplies. She also had little medical belts around her Fetlocks with attached medical tools and a few needles full of different fluids and chemicals for quick medical treatment.

“Alright. We’re all geared up and ready Courage” Twilight informed.
“These suits are sweet!” chanted Rainbow.
“Yay! I can still bounce around!” yelled Pinkie as she bounced around the room.
“Alright girls, with these suits we should be able to kick Discord right where it hurts!” I said upliftingly.
“Then what are we waiting for?!” Rainbow asked.
“We should go meet the others in Sweden” Twilight suggested.
“Sounds like a plan. I take it our three pony friends are there too?”
“That's right” Replied Twilight.
“Aright lets go. C’mon Isabelle. No point in you staying here”
“Yeah I know. I’m definitely coming. You could probably us another medic anyway”
“Our transport is a bit bashed up...” Rainbow said with a bit of guilt. “I kinda screwed up my landing” She then gave us a guilty smile
“Alright, there’s an Airbase a few miles from here. It has a couple of Ospreys we could use. That’s if Discord hasn’t destroyed them already”

We made it to the airbase. We walked the distance to check our suits were working fine. Rainbow even did a bit of flying to see if it was alright.. We had no problems at all. The airbase was damaged and most of the aircraft were destroyed. A few Ospreys did survive though so we made our way to one and boarded it. I sat in the pilot seat to prep for lift off. I looked at the controls blankly.
“You know how to fly this thing right?” Spike asked worryingly.
“erm... sure I do. How hard could it be?”
Spike just sighed and sat in the Co-Pilot seat. “This should be good” he said with a sarcastic tone.
“We’ll be fine Spike. Don’t worry”

After a few hours of flying we were approaching the boarders of Sweden. We had no contact with hostile ships on the way here, thankfully. We were only a few miles from the others location. The Swedish cities below didn’t look as bad as the English or American ones. Most of the buildings were still standing and some were even completely untouched by war. I guess those many years of Swedish neutrality finally payed off. I guess Discord didn’t bother too much with the Swedish forces. However despite Sweden's good condition, there was still signs of active battle on the streets below. Discord still had sent some forces to secure this country. His mistake. With next to no hostiles here, that would mean there would be many UN survivors waiting to follow my orders. Hopefully I could build a new resistance of freedom fighters and hopefully this time Trixie won’t obliterate them.
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“Shit Liam! Those damn dragon warriors are pushing up the left side. We can’t stay here much longer”
“Shut up and shoot noob!”
“We’re surrounded! We’re fu- wait... is that an Osprey?”
“Where?”
I hovered above the dragon warriors. The dragon warriors looked up in awe.
“I think they are shocked to see us...” I then looked to spike. “Take the stick will ya?”
“What?!? Me?!? I don’t know how to fly this thing!”
“It’s simple, you leave it alone till I tell you to land. It’ll hover here on it’s own. I just need you to land it when I’m done down there”
“But... But...”
I just got up and left him. I was sure the little guy could handle it.
“C’mon girls, Lets rock!”
I jumped from the Osprey, the drop was about ten metres high but my suit was built for it, and landed in front of about four dragon warriors. The ground below me had cracked from my landing. I raised my weapon towards the dragon warriors.
“When will you learn that your weapons cannot harm us?” said one of them with a chuckle.
I lowered my weapon slowly then looked a them depressingly.“Your right...” I grinned slightly for a second. “...but I made an upgrade!” I yelled as I sharply rose my weapon, spraying them all with bullets. They dropped quickly as I reloaded my weapon again. The ponies jumped down with me and we all stated to slowly make our way to Liam and the others, walking slowly as we dominated the hostile resistance in front of us. All our weapons had some serious power and ammo upgrades. Our weapons were now fully armour piercing, not even the dragon scales could hold these bad boys back for long.

We made it to Liam’s position and the dragon warriors had retreated. Liam and the others got up from behind the sand bags and looked at us in astonishment.
“Woah... Nice armour” Liam said in quiet shock.
“Thanks. So what’s the situation?”
“Well the Swedish forces are still at good army strength. I figured we could us the fire power. That and I wanted to come make fun of them lol”
“Alright. Gather the troops. I’m going to plan our next move. But please don’t make fun of them too much. We want them on our side”
“Can’t promise you that... lol! Anyway, There’s a command centre three miles north. You can get all the Intel you need there”
“Alright...” I turned to my ear piece. “Alright Spike. You can lad ‘er now”
“You got it!” he said confidently. He then became quieter, “erm... how do I do that?”
I sighed and then walked away, giving him full instructions.

It had been many hours since we arrived in Sweden and me and the ponies had just woke up from a good sleep. We were at the command centre and I was getting ready to brief the team and the commanders.
“Alright everyone. This is Volgograd and above it is Discord’s ship. We are going to take everything we got and assault this city and take down his ship. We will be attacking the city from the north and west and the Russian forces will be coming in from the east”
“Wait a minute, last I checked Volgograd was in Russia. Won’t that be braking the rules of his ‘game’?” Liam said questioningly.
“You know as well as I do that we won’t win this war taking out his ships one by one. At least this way we can take him out and put his forces in complete dis-array. This is our only chance”
“Your putting all our forces into this. This is a big risk you know”
“We don’t have a choice in the matter! We are on the brink of extinction! Desperate times call for desperate measures. Right, now listen up. I’m going to go through the battle plan...”